05-06-2005 09:28									#31
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No.

Plenty of Catholics here in San Antonio

	05-06-2005 09:29									#32
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They're all Mexican though.

You should join up with Space and practice your Espanol.

	05-06-2005 09:31									#33
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And I got a problem with Mexicans?

Mexicans are hot

	05-06-2005 09:33									#34
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ya Ben's going to quickly work out those Baptists have better facilities and love the holier than thou, they're the "I'm rich which shows God loves me more than you" people

	05-06-2005 09:35									#35
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Yep, and that's why I feel more comfortable with the Mexicans in their Catholic parishes

	05-06-2005 09:36									#36
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You're checking out those skirts, come on Ben.


Well, I would be.

	05-06-2005 09:40									#37
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its only healthy

on a serious note Ben you're probably going to face some discrimination down there in Texas

some of those churches still teach that the Vatican is the whore of Babylon, along with all the other flat earth religious drivel they pump out

	05-06-2005 09:40									#38
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Well, that's neither here nor there.

There's just one in particular that I'm fond of

	05-06-2005 09:44									#39
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quote: on a serious note Ben you're probably going to face some discrimination down there in Texas some of those churches still teach that the Vatican is the whore of Babylon, along with all the other flat earth religious drivel they pump out

Nothing worse than Vancouver, and what Christians in general go through there. Though I must say the folks on campus have a special hatred of Catholics in particular.

San Antonio is a haven, the only trouble I have had is from two Mormon missionaries here that I've been told to refrain from intimidating.

	05-06-2005 09:45									#40
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I like to go to the Catholic church in Jagna though I don't understand much of the sermon, you've never heard such sweet singing. Wonderful. The 400+ year old church with vaulted cielings...excellent acoustics. Man I miss that.

	05-06-2005 09:48									#41
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we don't have that problem here anymore Ben - for the most part the christians are all on the same side

I went to communion at an Anglican church at a funeral on Wednesday - you better go and report me

	05-06-2005 09:50									#42
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"There's just one in particular that I'm fond of"

Gf in Texas, Ben? Good for you dude.

	05-06-2005 09:51									#43
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Yo I was at a Catholic wedding last week and it looked like the Priests were taking big gulps of wine. I was like damn do we need a designated driver here or what???

	05-06-2005 09:53									#44
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I can see it now.

Dear Pope Ratzi:

A fellow who calls himself Alexander's Horse and lives in Australia had the temerity to take communion in the Anglican church this past Wednesday, in direct violation of the edict in the catechism of the Catholic church. Though I am unaware of his home parish, or of his confessor, I felt the burning desire to report to you of his transgression, which he boasted of in public.

Yours truly:

Ben Kenobi

	05-06-2005 09:55									#45
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Then they did that thing where you turn and shake someone's hand, saying, "peace be with you."

I didn't understand it at first and said, "nice to meet you."

	05-06-2005 09:56									#46
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quote: Yo I was at a Catholic wedding last week and it looked like the Priests were taking big gulps of wine. I was like damn do we need a designated driver here or what???

Depends if that was the first mass the priest performed.

They can't leave any of the blood of Christ in the cup.

	05-06-2005 09:58									#47
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its not wine - tut, tut

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What's in there?

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ah, yes, that is because it is the blood of Christ.

A hasty edit is in order.

	05-06-2005 10:03									#50
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I think it is Heineken straight from a tap in the back.

I do like the Our Lady of Guadaloupe statues they have.

They got those in Texas Ben?

	05-06-2005 10:07									#51
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They have them in Vancouver, there is an icon in the church on campus that has particular significance to me.

I'm sure if they have one in Vancouver that they would have them down in San Antonio.

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She is everywhere here. I like the story too.

	05-06-2005 10:36									#53
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quote: Originally posted by Ted Striker Then they did that thing where you turn and shake someone's hand, saying, "peace be with you." I didn't understand it at first and said, "nice to meet you."

That's perfectly okay Ted - you're a natural

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Apparently

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they introduced it because catholic services are so anonymous and focussed on what is going on up the front

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Do you guyz let Aborigenees in yo Catholuc church?

	05-06-2005 11:30									#57
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Not in their loin cloths ted but sure if they put on underwear

	05-06-2005 17:59									#58
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quote: Originally posted by Sn00py Jesus taught to give up your valuables, but why do so many christians/catholics (religous leaders) wear very expensive clothing, wear make-up, expensive hair cuts, the lot for photo shoots?

Jesus also said to render unto Caesar what is Caesar's and render unto God what is God's.

My SUV belongs to neither.

	05-06-2005 18:29									#59
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quote: Originally posted by Sn00py Ok, Jesus didn't exactly wear rags, but his clothing was not exactly top-stuff. Jesus taught to give up your valuables, but why do so many christians/catholics (religous leaders) wear very expensive clothing, wear make-up, expensive hair cuts, the lot for photo shoots? Isn't this greed and vain?

From my personal experience, those that do this are most often cultists/extremists. I don't know many Catholic religious leaders at any level that have expensive tastes. All the leaders I've known in my own church, United Church of Christ aka Congregationalist (aka "The Liberal Ones"), have lived modestly, and their housing is provided by the church.

	05-06-2005 20:45									#60
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quote: Jesus taught to give up your valuables, but why do so many christians/catholics (religous leaders) wear very expensive clothing, wear make-up, expensive hair cuts, the lot for photo shoots?

quote: I'm not exactly a major proponent of greed and ostentatious consumption, but holding up poverty as a positive good always struck me as perverse.

quote: Exactly which religious leaders are rich? Catholic priests own next to nothing. The pay for Protestant priests, preachers and etc. is generally well below the average for someone with a comparable college education. Some parts of the ceremonial vestments may be silk, but the priests and preachers don't own them. You might as well accuse servents of a household that provides a really snazzy livery of being rich.

Thorstein Veblen wrote that priests, regarding ostentious consumption, have exactly the same role as servants of a household wearing an expensive livery; they perform "representative consumption" in the name of their absent Master, declaring in this fashion His greatness. Each sect's "Master" is, down below in the people's subconscious, subject to envious comparison, in which case affluence is equivalent to potency.